scholarly journals Illuminating the Gender Divide in Public Sector Innovation: Evidence From the Australian Public Service

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter van Acker ◽  
Jan Wynen ◽  
Sophie Op de Beeck
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Innovation Climate

Like many other aspects of the work environment, “innovation” is a gendered term that creates a barrier to women taking part in innovation processes and, in particular, in male-dominated and “masculine” industries. This article looks into the role of gender, as well as other potential determinants, in explaining differences in the perceived innovation climate for public sector employees. This innovation climate depicts the opportunities and support employees receive with creating, promoting, and implementing innovative ideas in the workplace. Even though the public sector is often regarded as a more “feminine” work environment, our results show that women feel less encouraged in the innovation process when compared with men. Moreover, length of service and red tape appear to have a detrimental effect on individuals’ experiences of the innovation climate.

scholarly journals A Linkage between Personal Characteristics and Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Malaysian Public Sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.15) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Nurul Liyana Mohd Kamil ◽  
Abdullah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Christine Robert
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
Organizational Growth ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Vision

Entrepreneurial behavior within an organization is deemed relevant as an instrument to foster organizational growth, develop a strategic vision and create an energetic work environment because of its valuable impact on the performance of service. Beneficial display of entrepreneurial behavior by organizational members contributes to the venture significant of an organization. Although multiple kinds of research suggest the importance of individual entrepreneurial behavior in organizations, an empirical study on its predictors, particularly within the public sector is still infancy. Thus, the paper aims to provide an integrated review of the role of personal characteristics (in the form of entrepreneurial leadership, self-efficacy, and career adaptability) on entrepreneurial behavior among Malaysian public sector’s managers, which could subsequently exhibit the performance of the excellent services.  

scholarly journals Innovation in the public sector: Towards an open and collaborative approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Bekkers ◽  
Lars Tummers
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Open Process

Innovation in the public sector is high on the agenda of politicians, civil servants and societal organizations. This attention in practice is mirrored in an increasing number of scholarly articles. In this introduction to the special issue on public sector innovation, we discuss how the scholarly perspectives on innovation have changed. Previously, it was assumed that innovation could be organized within organizations: if your organization had the necessary resources, innovation could happen. Nowadays, innovation in the public sector is seen as an open process of collaboration between stakeholders across various organizations. This change towards open and collaborative approaches has consequences for studies on innovation, for instance, it becomes important to analyse how to activate stakeholders to join the innovation process. Next to this, scholars interested in innovation should connect their research with other literature streams, such as those focused on network governance, leadership and design thinking. In such ways, innovation scholars can develop research that is relevant to society.

scholarly journals A Linkage between Personal Characteristics and Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Malaysian Public Sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.15) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Nurul Liyana Mohd Kamil ◽  
Abdullah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Christine Robert
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
Organizational Growth ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Vision

Entrepreneurial behavior within an organization is deemed relevant as an instrument to foster organizational growth, develop a strategic vision and create an energetic work environment because of its valuable impact on the performance of service. Beneficial display of entrepreneurial behavior by organizational members contributes to the venture significant of an organization. Although multiple kinds of research suggest the importance of individual entrepreneurial behavior in organizations, an empirical study on its predictors, particularly within the public sector is still infancy. Thus, the paper aims to provide an integrated review of the role of personal characteristics (in the form of entrepreneurial leadership, self-efficacy, and career adaptability) on entrepreneurial behavior among Malaysian public sector’s managers, which could subsequently exhibit the performance of the excellent services.  

HOW AND WHEN DOES JOB CHALLENGE PROMOTE THE INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES?

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150069
Author(s):  
SHAKER BANI-MELHEM ◽  
RAWAN ABUKHAIT ◽  
FARIDAHWATI MOHD. SHAMSUDIN ◽  
MOHD AHMAD AL-HAWARI
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Time Lagged

Previous research is inconclusive about when and how job challenge affects innovative behaviour. To address this inconsistency, we primarily draw on the job characteristics theory (JCT) and job demands–resources model (JD–R model) to examine the effect of job challenge on intrinsic motivation and employee innovative behaviour as well as the moderating role of supervisor coaching behaviour. We employ a time-lagged research design to collect data from 318 public sector employees in the UAE. Our finding offers support for a moderated mediation model in which job challenge has a positive and significant effect on innovative behaviour. The study also shows that the association between job challenge and innovative behaviour via intrinsic motivation is stronger under high supervisor coaching behaviour. The findings provide prescriptive insights into the critical role that supervisor coaching behaviours play in clarifying when and how job challenge affects innovative behaviour and indicate relevant managerial implications aimed at encouraging innovative behaviour in the public sector.

scholarly journals Containers, facilitators, innovators? The role of cities and city employees in innovation activities

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teemu Makkonen ◽  
Maria Merisalo ◽  
Tommi Inkinen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities

Innovation has long been considered one of the key engines of economic growth, and patents as important incentives for research and development activity. Particularly in terms of intellectual property rights (IPR), however, little is known about how cities contribute to regional innovation: are they containers, facilitators or innovators? This is investigated here through empirical material derived from 27 interviews with top departmental management in three Finnish cities (Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa). The results show that local city governments (LCGs) consider cities as facilitators of innovation activities but also admit that there are limits (time constraints and lack of resources) to the influence of LCGs over the innovation environment. Still, many of the public sector innovations (especially social innovations) that do not necessarily have a clear market potential would not have been created without the active role of LCGs as innovators. City employees are innovative – the seeming lack of public sector innovation is actually a result of measurement issues that favour (patentable) technological innovations rather than those more common to LCGs, meaning service and organisational types. Therefore, LCGs can be seen as highly innovative organisations. There are, however, barriers to innovation in the public sector, such as the cost of innovation activity, the lack of incentives for it and a working culture that does not support it. Lastly, the results show that LCGs have not really fully considered the possibilities and potential of owning their own IPR; to be specific, potentially lucrative opportunities should be explored.

scholarly journals Burdens, Sludge, Ordeals, Red Tape, Oh My! A User’s Guide to the Study of Frictions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Krogh Madsen ◽  
Kim Sass Mikkelsen ◽  
Donald Moynihan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
New Research ◽  
Conceptual Confusion ◽  
Dramatic Growth

Recent years has seen dramatic growth to the study of frictions that individuals experience, especially in their interactions with the public sector, creating both the potential for new research opportunities and conceptual confusion. We seek to head off the latter by providing, in one place, a definition, description of the development, and comparison of four dominant conceptions of frictions: ordeal mechanisms, red tape, administrative burden, and sludge. In particular, we discuss the four concepts' definition and use in terms of their objectivity, distributive effects, object and domain, and deliberate design. The paper helps researchers to understand the overlap and distinctions between these concepts, and the role of public administration in these different traditions. Comparisons of the different approaches' thinking also suggest opportunities for mutual learning.

scholarly journals Role of Public Service Motivation, Organization Values and Reward Expectation on Performance of Public Sector Employees in Henan, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Yu-Jie Xu ◽  
Syarifah Mastura B. Syed Abu Bakar ◽  
Waqas Ali
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Employee ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Sector Employee

The main objective of this study is to investigate the role of public service motivation, organization value and reward on performance of public sector employee in the Henan, China. Data is collected from adopted instrument from earlier studies. The researcher has collected data from 396 respondents by using online survey and self-administrative collection method. For analysis of data, SPSS and SmartPLS software were used. It has been concluded that role of organization values does not have a relationship with the performance of employees. The public service motivation and reward expectation plays an important role in employee job performance. The researcher found that earlier researchers’ assumption, the non-monetary benefits in public sector job least important are not valid in context of China Public sector employees. This research concludes that the employees who are working in public sector always look for both monetary and non-monetary benefits.

Retirement choices by state and local public sector employees: the role of eligibility and financial incentives

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 515-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie E. Papke
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legislative Action ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Pension Costs ◽  
State And Local

AbstractI analyze the effects of state public pension parameters on the retirement of public employees. Using a panel data set of public sector workers from 12 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, I model the probability of retirement as a function of pension wealth at early and normal retirement eligibility and Social Security coverage in the public sector job. I find that becoming eligible for early retirement, or receiving an early-out offer, significantly increases the probability of retiring. I do not find any effect of retirement wealth levels. These findings suggest that state legislative action to affect retirement decisions and reduce future pension costs would be most effective operating through plan eligibility rules and early-out incentives.

scholarly journals Role of Intrinsic Motivation on Professional Ethics in Public Sector Employees of Nepal

The Batuk ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Pushpa Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
The Public ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Office Employees ◽  
The Relationship

The main concern of this study is to identify the relationship between intrinsic motivation and professional ethics of Federal Affairs and Ministry of General Administration office employees. With respect to this context, the study has been conducted to answer the following questions. Does the professionalism and self-motivation have create causality relation in the public sector employees? What are the factors of intrinsic motivation regulating on the public sector employees? From literature review public sector job trustworthiness as dependent variable and autonomy, relatedness and competency independent variables were identified. Researchers used the both quantitative and qualitative approach to explore the behavior, perspectives, experiences and feelings of people and emphasize the understanding of intrinsic motivation on professional ethics in public sector. Non-probability sampling (purposive sampling) applied in this study. The findings of this study showed that Public sector job trustiness had significant relationship with intrinsic motivational psychological need factors such as: Autonomy, Relatedness and Competence.

scholarly journals relationship between research and innovation in the public sector – an analysis of five cases from labour and welfare services

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (Special issue) ◽  
pp. 46-69
Author(s):  
Magnus Gulbrandsen ◽  
Gry Cecilie Høiland
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Knowledge Codification ◽  
Set Up

Many public agencies promote renewal in the public sector through projects that require a productive combination of research and innovation activities. However, the role of research in innovation processes is a neglected theme in the public sector innovation literature. We address this gap through an analysis of five cases from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. We find few examples of innovations based directly on research, but several examples of research on innovations and on more complex co-evolutionary processes of the two activities. Research seems to be particularly important for the diffusion and scaling up of innovations. We find that research has an impact on innovation in later phases of the innovation process through the formalisation of practice-based and unsystematic knowledge, codification of experiences, and legitimation to ensure political support and funding. This new conceptualisation contributes to the public sector innovation literature and may help improve policies that set up a rather limited role for research.

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